Spire of Shadows by Sarah Hawke

Author:Sarah Hawke [Hawke, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jade Fantasy
Published: 2020-04-25T22:00:00+00:00

Interlude

Jessara Kraythe strode through the long corridors of the Galespire with renewed vigor. She had always found this tower awe-inspiring, especially as a child, and watching its Keepers bow or even kneel at her approach sent a shiver of delight tingling through her whole body. A handful of them resented the sudden change in leadership, naturally, and she wasn’t blind to the dangers of a potential coup. But for the moment, she was the unquestioning mistress of the Spire of Shadows, and she intended to bask in her newfound authority until the Chol were defeated and her father reformed the Tel Bator.

Yet that’s not even the reason I can’t keep this smile off my face.

Jessara grinned as she pressed on toward the former Lord Vigilant’s chambers, the rhythmic clicking of her golden heels echoing off the walls. She could still taste Rohen’s bounty on her lips, and she was desperate to return to her quarters as soon as possible. When she had heard his voice in the stairwell earlier, her heart had stopped beating until she had actually seen him alive with her own eyes. She couldn’t wait to spend the entire night atop his taut, sinewy half-elven body. She could almost feel his strong hands on her hips and his throbbing manhood plunging inside her…

Focus. Father may need to know that Rohen is alive, but he definitely doesn’t need to know our plans for this evening. Maiden’s mercy…

Taking a deep, calming breath, Jessara cleared her mind as best she could. The lone Keeper standing guard outside the Lord Vigilant’s chamber nodded as she approached, and he wordlessly opened the door for her to enter. She still found it amusing how easily she had been able to cow Arinthal’s guardians into serving her rather than their former master. The fool had apparently engendered more sympathy with the sorcerers than his own Keepers.

She panned her gaze across the full length of the impossibly high ceiling and shook her head, wondering distantly what depravities had taken place in this chamber over the eons. The Wyrm Lords were notorious for their vast harems—the males especially would breed with dozens upon dozens of women in the hopes of seeding a new generation of powerful, loyal sorcerers to battle their rivals and expand their influence across the Avethian Empire. The females weren’t much better; they encouraged scores of men to battle for their affections, often to the death, and the stories claimed that the most powerful female dragons would often kill their mates to prevent them from seeding any of their rivals.

Jessara had no idea how many Wyrm Lords had laired here in the Galespire, but it wasn’t as though the humans who followed them had behaved much better. Despite the best efforts of the Sanctori, the Keepers had always struggled with corruption. They had abused their power time and time again over the years. Thankfully, she had no doubt that her father’s stalwart leadership would finally usher in many long-overdue changes.

Especially with Rohen there to aid him.

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